Albeeto finks



A. PINKS.

BROOM HOLDER.

(No Model.)

No. 361,153; Patented Apr. 12; 1887.

ATTORNEYS.

screw 4, the plate being bulged out at 5 cen- UNITED STATES Y PATENTOFFICE.

ALBERTO PINKS, OF NEW BERLIN, NE\V YORK.-

BROOM-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 361,153, dated April12, 1887.

Application filed December 18,1886. Serial No. 221,916. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern; I

Be it known that l, ALBERTO Films, of New Berlin, in the county ofGhenango and State of New York, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Broom-Holders, of which the following is a specification;

This invention is an improved device intended in use to be secured to,the wall of a room or other suitable support, and which will serve to.hold a broom or other similar article when not in use.

The invention consists in a holder constructed with a base and aclasp-arm bent from a plate of metal and having coincident screwholesnear their juncture, whereby a fasteningscrew may be employed to adjustthe tension of the holder, to properly secure brooms of differentweights or the handles of which are of different sizes.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective View ofa portion of theinterior of a room showing myimproved device as in use and Fig. 2 is aview part in section, the holder being shown in plan.

My broom-holder A is formed of a narrow plate of metal bent at a,formingthe inner or base-plate, B, and the outer or clasp plate, 0, betweenwhich I form at D the seat for the broom-handle. The base-plate isprovided near its free end with a hole, 1, for the screw 2, and near itsopposite end with a hole, 3, for

trally between such holes 1 and 3, in order to secure the broom-handleaway from the wall or support. The outer arm or clasp, O, is providedwith a hole, 6, coincident with hole 3, and the screw or other similarfastening 4. is passed through both holes 6 3, and then into 1 thesupport. These holes 6 3, it will be seen, are located between thebroom-seat D and the juncture of arms B and G, the portion of the arm Cbetween such points serving as a spring. Now, by forcing the fastening 4farther into the support the tension of the clasp may be increased, sothat by means of the described construction the device can be adjustedto clasp broom-handles of different sizes, or brooms or mops ofdifferent weights having handles of the same size, as manifestly a heavybroom or mop would require a greater tension than one of less weight.

It will be seen that the holder, being formed of a metal plate, may bequickly struck or stamped out at one operation and then bent in a secondoperation, and may be, conse quently, put upon the market at a smallcost.

My device, when not in use, rests close against the wall, and the broomis moved into and out thereof, in a plane parallel with the said wall,as shown, so that the wall willserve

